What is the status of the European Union's water resources and sanitation services when sustainable development goals are evaluated?

Even when water scarcity and quality issues are not severe in the European Union (EU) countries, the impacts of climate change and external pressures vary across EU nations, leading to different outcomes. Achieving sustainability requires prioritizing the efficient management of water resources and sanitation services. To this end, conducting studies to identify countries needing appropriate measures is essential.

Lexical retrieval difficulties in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Insights from verbal fluency and naming tasks.

Background: Although considerable research has been conducted on post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS), cognitive symptoms, particularly those related to language, are still not well understood.

Aims: To provide a detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of language performance in PCS patients using a comprehensive set of semantic and verbal production tasks.

Methods & Procedures: The study involved 195 PCS patients aged 26-64 years and 50 healthy controls aged 25-61 years.

Access of migrant women to sexual and reproductive health services: A systematic review.

Background: The number of people living in a different place from their place of birth is increasing year by year. Although women have always been involved in migratory movements, today they are increasingly doing so independently. Women are migrating from the Global South to higher-income countries.

Effect of a novel copper chloride gel on endometrial growth and function in healthy volunteers.

Research Question: Does the application of a micro-dose of copper chloride gel increase endometrial production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) without compromising endometrial function or producing embryo toxicity?

Design: An estimate of optimal dose was made based on cell culture studies. Ten healthy participants received an initial uterine application of placebo gel, followed by copper chloride gel (37.5 μM, 75 μM, or 150 μM dose) in a later hormone replacement cycle.

The effect of vitrification on blastocyst mitochondrial DNA dynamics and gene expression profiles.

Purpose: Does vitrification/warming affect the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and the gene expression profile of blastocysts?

Methods: Prospective cohort study in which 89 blastocysts were obtained from 50 patients between July 2017 and August 2018. mtDNA was measured in a total of 71 aneuploid blastocysts by means of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Transcriptomic analysis was performed by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) in an additional 8 aneuploid blastocysts cultured for 0 h after warming, and 10 aneuploid blastocysts cultured for 4-5 h after warming.